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The surprisingly simple reason teams fail Tessa West

TEDTalks Business by TED

Feb 9, 202618:58Business

In 1999, a NASA mission to Mars failed ... not from a technical glitch, but because people weren't talking to each other. Psychology professor Tessa West explores how assumptions, overlooked details and "hidden languages...

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The surprisingly simple reason teams fail Tessa West is an episode from TEDTalks Business by TED. In 1999, a NASA mission to Mars failed ... not from a technical glitch, but because people weren't talking to each other. Psychology professor...

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